One person has been reported dead after supporters of the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) clashed at a registration centre at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa East Constituency in the Bono Region.
The clash has also left scores injured and properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis destroyed.
SEE ALSO :President Akuffo Addo finally reacts to the video of a WASSCE candidate raining ‘insults’ on him
According to Daily Graphic, the incident happened during the Electoral Commission’s mop-up of the voter’s registration exercise during which gunshots were fired.
It still remains unclear how the scuffle started but a man who has been identified as Kofi Labatu, a member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, was pronounced dead when he was rushed to the Dormaa Ahenkro Presbyterian Hospital.
SEE ALSO :Finally year student who insulted Akufo-Addo in viral video apologises [Watch]
The Member of Parliament for Dormaa West, Mr. Ali Maiga Halidu told the Daily Graphic that the deceased was hit by a bullet fired by security personnel who were deployed to the scene.
Two people are said to be receiving treatment at the Dormaa Ahenkro Presbyterian Hospital – after they sustained gunshot wounds in the Saturday incident